Upper Deck posted some pictures and information on the upcoming 2010-11 Series 1 and I have to admit I’m not as excited as I was last year.  Why do I say this?  Because Series 1 is always driven off the strength of the rookie crop and this year does not even come close in my mind to the crop of rookies in last years edition.  I will hold out until I see the checklist and see just who is in Series 1 before I spend my hard earned money. 

Take a look for yourself at some of the details below of what you can expect to see this year.

Breakdown:

Grab Young Guns Rookie Cards! (averaging 6 per box)
1st cards for players hitting NHL ice in October!
Find 20th Anniversary variations (falling 1 in 4 packs)
Paying tribute to UD Hockey’s initial launch
Collect 2 UD Game Jersey cards per box
New Twist to Die-cut acetate cards:
Clear Cut Champions & Clear Cut Lineage
Honoring Stanley Cup Champions & Great Trios from different eras
Combining to average 1 per case
Collect the All-World Team insert, hitting 2 per box
Look for valuable Short-prints too
Grab Exclusive & Spectrum parallels, #’d to 100 & 10, respectively

Break Summary:
Box Break:
6 Young Guns Rookie Cards
6 20th Anniversary variations
2 UD Game Jersey cards
2 All-World Team cards

Case Break:
6 20th Anniversary variation Young Guns Rookie Cards
1 Clear Cut Champions OR Clear Cut Lineage acetate card
1 Signature Sensations card
2-3 All-World Team SP’s
5-6 Parallel cards

Key Inserts:
Clear Cut Champions (die-cut): Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier, Stan Mikita, Martin Brodeur, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Roy, Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeni Malkin, Grant Fuhr, Gordie Howe and many more!

UD Game Jersey: Alexander Ovechkin, Rick Nash, Sidney Crosby, Jason Spezza, Marc-Andre Fleury, Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Toews, John Tavares, Nicklas Backstrom & other stars!

Configuration:
8 Cards/Pack
24 Packs/Box
12 Boxes/Case